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15 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Maharashtra's Thane district, taking the number of infections to 7, 09,002, an official said on Thursday. This new case was recorded on Wednesday, he said. The COVID-19 death rate in Thane is 1.67 percent.

India on Thursday reported 3,303 new COVID-19 cases taking its tally to 4,30,68,799, while active cases rose by 16,980, according to Union Health Ministry data. Daily cases crossed the 3,000-mark after 46 days. The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 5,23,693 with 39 more deaths, data updated at 8 am said. Active cases account for 0.04 percent of total infections. The national COVID-19 recovery rate stands at 98.74 percent, the ministry said. An increase of 701 cases was recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload within 24 hours. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.66 percent and the weekly…

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying his federalism was "coercive, not cooperative". His comments came a day after Modi flagged high fuel prices in many opposition-ruled states and called for a reduction in VAT "in the national interest" to benefit the common man and work in the spirit of cooperative federalism during this global crisis. “High Fuel prices – blame states. Coal shortage – blame states. Oxygen shortage – blame states,” he said in a tweet. Center collects 68% of all fuel taxes. Still, the Prime Minister resigned. Modi's federalism is not cooperative. It…

Four persons were arrested in West Bengal's Siliguri and brown sugar worth Rs 2.1 crore was seized from them. Two residents of Murshidabad and Nadia districts in Porajhar under New Jalpaiguri police station area on Tuesday night, an official said. They were also reportedly engaged in delivering drugs to various parts of North Bengal.

Restaurateur Rohit Khattar's EHV has signed an agreement with Reliance Industries Limited to bring Indian Accent to Mumbai. It's time to announce the summer opening of EHV's upcoming restaurant in New York, Coloman under the direction of Chef Markus Glucker, as well as a collaboration with Chef David Thompson for Thai restaurants in India. Indian Accent, Mumbai is expecting to open before the end of the year. It will be placed in a beautiful location overlooking the fountains at Dhirubhai Ambani Square in Jio World Center in Bandra Kurla Complex.

Actor Deepika Padukone will be part of the competition jury at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, organizers said. French actor Vincent Lindon will lead the jury at the 75th edition of the coveted festival, which will run from May 17-28, the festival's official Twitter account announced on Tuesday evening. Padukone is part of the eight-member jury that will award one of the 21 films in competition with the Palme d'Or during the closing ceremony on Saturday, May 28. Other jury members include actor-filmmaker Rebecca Hall, Swedish actor Noomi Rapace, Italian actor-director Jasmine Trinca, acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, French filmmaker-actor…

Three men stabbed a couple to death here over an old enmity, police said on Wednesday. Harpal Saini (50) and his wife Koshal (48) were returning from the Muzaffarnagar court to Khalwada village when three men on a bike dragged them from an e-rickshaw and killed them, they said. Harpal Saini and his two sons Rahul and Shubham were arrested in June last year for killing a resident of Johra village, they said. Saini was out on bail while her sons were in jail. A case has been registered and four teams have been formed to arrest them, the police…

NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said on Tuesday that India could be the cheapest producer of green hydrogen in the world due to its climatic conditions. In an interactive session at Raisina Dialogue, Kant mentioned that India has brought down the consumption of renewable energy. “India has size and scale. India can be the cheapest green hydrogen producer in the world … India is the only climate-blessed country that can do that,” he said. Pointing out that China does not have the climatic conditions to be the cheapest producer of green hydrogen, Kant said that India will have to compete…

Four people, including a 12-year-old boy, were killed and another seriously injured in a collision with a lorry on the national highway near Payalkulanga in the coastal district on Wednesday. Police said the vehicle came from the opposite direction. The car was completely harmed in the collision. Four people died on the spot and one with serious injuries was taken to a nearby hospital, they added.